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Sunglasses, jeans, trousers, scissors - all these nouns are considered to be plural (the logic being that a pair is made up of 2 entities), therefore we use THESE / THOSE to refer to them.Bernice

(1) We only played one ... and it was four years ago. - You need to use the PAST SIMPLE here because you're talking about something which happened 4 years ago.(2) ...between his wife and the girls' coach... - you need the apostrophe after 'girls' because it's a possessive...

The first sentence is correct. The second one is not grammatically correct. TO BE (in the infinitive - so as it is in this sentence) cannot be followed by a noun (perfection is a noun).Bernice

Technically 'written' would be incorrect since it suggests using your hand to write something out. 'Stated' fits in perfectly.Bernice

A legend is a story which is normally told by older generations to younger ones...and very often there is an element of truth to it, even though there would be no real proof. Folklore refers more to a set of traditions which are found within a particular group of people.So it could be said (as...

It's the alarm clocks which are sold out...so the corect version would be:If we have any alarm clocks in stock, they would be on the bottom shelf right here. Let's check ... uh-oh, I'm afraid they're sold out.Bernice

The first sentence is grammatically correct because the word 'after' in the sentence indicates that the speaker is talking about a list of events happening in chronological order..the past perfect is used when you speak about something that happened in the past and then you MOVE BACK IN...

THE MOST IMPORTANT would need to be followed by an object or noun, for example, THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR OF ALL IS THAT...(factor would be the noun which would make it possible to use THE)Bernice

Yes it is correct. In this case 'hypnotizing' would be an ADJECTIVE because it is used to describe 'the eyes' (NOUN)Bernice

Correct answer - check below!The other day Mrs. Dixon noticed that one of the bath-room taps was dripping. “If you see Jim, tell him to repair this tap for me, please” she told her little son John. John told the maid. The maid told the cook and the cook told the gardener. Later, the gardener...